https://redstate.com/erick/2010/08/18/the-growing-detachment-of-the-political-class/feed/Conservative News & Politicsen-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 21:55:36 -0400<![CDATA[I hate to keep harping on this topic, but it is so very relevant to the present political discussion. The political class and its sycophants — and I want to be clear here that this is bipartisan and, to a degree, across ideological lines — has grown hopelessly out of touch with the rest of America. The political class that supports things like the Ground Zero mosque has become fringe.]]>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 23:22:29 -0400<![CDATA[Erick Erickson]]>https://redstate.com/erick/2010/08/18/the-growing-detachment-of-the-political-class-n35929